3. 3
consignment
Consignment means sending of goods by one
merchant to the agent for sale in which the
sole risk remains with the sender.
The agent will sell the goods for him and
receive a commission in return.
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1. Consignor
• The owner of the goods who sends the
goods to an agent for sale.
1. Consignee
• Who sells the goods for the consignor.
• Sells the goods and collects the money
from the customers.
• Will pay the consignor the net proceeds
(Proceeds – Expenses – Commission)
and provide the consignor an account
sales showing all the proceeds and
expenses.
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Consignment
Consignor
(Owner of the goods)
•Consignment account
•Consignee account
•Goods sent on
Consignment account
•Consignee account
•Profit/Lose account
Goods
Net proceeds
Consignee
(Agent)
•Consignor account
•Commission Receive account
6. Characteristics:-
1. The relationship is that of Principal & Agent.
2. The consignee sells the goods for the
commission.
3. The actual ownership of goods remain with
the consignor.
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7. Characteristics:-
4. Goods sent on consignment are the
property of the consignor until the goods are
sold.
5. The consignor should include all the
unsold goods on consignment in his closing
stock.
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8. Objectives:-
1. To increase the sales by creating a new
market for a product.
2. To get the advantage of the skill of an agent
relating to a particular place.
3. To get the advantage of price differentiation
of goods prevailing at different places.
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9. some important terms
Performa invoice:-
consist of information relating to the nature,
price, quantity, weight, minimum sale price
etc. of the goods sent by the consigner.
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10. some important terms
Expenses on consignment:-
a)non-recurring:
incurred to bring goods to the godown or place
of agent e.g. freight, custom duty, insurance in
transit, unloading charges.
b) Recurring :
incurred after the goods reached the place of
consignee e.g. godown expenses, selling
expenses, repair expenses, etc.
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11. some important terms
Commission:-
given on amount of sales.
a) Del-credere:-
given on total sales to make the consignee bear
the loss on account of bad debts.
b) Overriding commission:-
Given to make the consignee sell the goods at
higher prices. It is paid as per the agreement
and on the excess price.
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12. some important terms
Advance amount by consignee:-
may be in the form of cash, bank draft is
given by consignee as security for the
goods sent on consignment.
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Bad debts of Consignments
A consignee(agent) sells goods and collects
money on behalf of the consignor.
If he can’t collect the debts, these debts
should be treated as the bad debts of the
consignor.
Accounting entries in the books of the consignor:
Dr Consignment
Cr Consignee
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If a consignee receives an additional
commission (del credere commission),
he must bear all the losses from the
bad debts.
In case of a bad debts arising from
sales of goods on consignment, no
entry is required in the books of the
consignor.
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Accounting entries in the books of the
consignee
Dr Bad debts
Cr Debtors
(with the bad debts borne by the
consignee personally)
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Valuation of stock
If there are unsold goods on
consignment at the end of the
accounting period, the value of the
unsold stock will be carried down to the
following period.
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Valuation of closing stock
Cost of goods unsold = xxx
Add consignee expense
expense/total Q*Q of unsold goods = xxx
Add consignor expense
expense/total Q*Q of unsold goods =xxx
Total closing stock =xxx
18. lose
Normal lose:
Normal losses are avoidable. They may rise
due to natural causes like breaking in bulk,
evaporation, leakage, drying etc.
Abnormal lose:
Abnormal losses in consignment may arise
owing to reasons such as, theft, fire etc.
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19. Valuation of abnormal
lose
Cost of goods lose = xxx
Add consignee expense
expense/total Q*Q of goods lose = xxx
Add consignor expense
expense/total Q*Q of goods lose =xxx
Total abnormal lose =xxx
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